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Professional (Personal) Learning Networks Sherry Crofut http://conference2009.tie2.wikispaces.net/Professional+(Personal) +Learning+Networks

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Professional (Personal) Learning Networks

Sherry Crofut

http://conference2009.tie2.wikispaces.net/Professional+(Personal)+Learning+Networks

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What is a PLN?

• I asked my PLN and these are some of their responses:

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

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What does MY PLN do for ME?

• I go to my PLN for many things:– Learn new things– Ask questions– Collaborate– Validation– Camaraderie– Stay in touch with friends

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• Many of you may have heard about this:

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•Twitter is a micro-blogging website that allows you to form your own PLN (Professional/Personal Learning Network)•When you become "friends" with people with similar interests, you can share ideas and collaborate with other teachers from other cities, states, or even countries!

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• Plurk is another micro-blogging website that allows you to form your own PLN (Professional/Personal Learning Network) like Twitter

• It is more conversational than Twitter because it allows conversations to stay threaded

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Reasons to use a social bookmarking network:• Saved bookmarks will not be deleted when computers are re-imaged

• You can access your bookmarks from any computer with the Internet from anywhere

• You can form a network and share bookmarks with friends and colleagues

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Blogs

Blogs are not about writing. They are about conversation. Because of the power to leave comments about another’s thoughts, real conversation and possible collaboration happens. I have had numerous conversations and even disagreements in blogs!

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Blogs

• Finding blogs to read is easy–You can use a site like bloglines–You can find one to follow and see if

you can follow who they follow–Check out your friend’s Delicious

links–Ask!

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Blogs

• You can start your own blog–Blogger–Wordpress–Edublogs–Many, many more

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RSS Feeders

• Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication

• A way to bring new blog posts to you• Many available

– Google Reader– Bloglines– Pageflakes– Suprglu

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Google Reader in iGoogle

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Discovery Educators Network

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LearnCentral

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And more…

• Google for Educators• Innovative Teachers• PBS Teachers• Linked In• Ning• Jaiku• Kwippy• Ping• Second Life

• Diigo• Podcasts• YouTube• TeacherTube• Ustream• Wikis• Google Docs• Slideshare• Skype